Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan will review blasphemy laws to prevent them from targeting innocent people , a government official said .

The government will form a committee of scholars to revisit the law , said Shahbaz Bhatti , the federal minister for minority affairs .

It will submit its suggestions and procedures , which will be implemented to stop the law 's misuse , the minister said Thursday .

`` After the formation of the committee we will ... . find the way that whether through the legislation or some other procedural way we can stop the blasphemy law , '' Bhatti said .

On pardoning of Asia Bibi , a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy of Islam , Bhatti said the president will wait for the judicial proceedings .

Bibi 's lawyer has said that the proceedings might take years because the case is still in high court and may later go to the Supreme court .

Religious parties are planning protests after Friday prayers . The parties have been upset since the governor of Punjab province helped file a mercy petition with President Asif Ali Zardari 's office requesting a pardon for Bibi .

Parties including the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal ur Rehman -LRB- JUI-F -RRB- party will hold the rallies on Christmas Eve , said Moulana Amjad Khan , party spokesman .

A Pakistani court in November found the 45-year-old woman guilty of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed during a 2009 argument with Muslim fellow field workers .

The offense is punishable by death or life imprisonment , according to Pakistan 's penal code .

But an investigation by a Pakistani government ministry found the charges stemmed from `` religious and personal enmity '' and recommended Bibi 's release . Zardari has said he would pardon Bibi , but a court has ruled that the president ca n't act until the sentence is confirmed by a higher court -- a process her lawyer says could take two to three years .

About 2 million Christians live in Pakistan . The Islamic nation has a population of about 170 million , according to government statistics

as religious parties plan Friday rallies to protest possible changes .

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Federal government to form a committee of scholars to revisit the law

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Religious parties are planning rallies on Christmas Eve

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A Pakistani court found a 45-year-old woman guilty of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed